I-League 2017/18: 5 ways in which East Bengal and Mohun Bagan fans play the banter game

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East Bengal will face Mohun Bagan in another Kolkata Derby on January 21

#4 'National Club of India' or not?

Mohun Bagan Club Gate
Mohun Bagan Club

In the late 1990s, the then Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi during the Centenary Celebrations of Mohun Bagan called the Mariners as the 'National Club of India'. Since then the Mariners started terming their team as the 'National Club of India' and even imprinted the same on the club gate.

East Bengal fans lodged an RTI (Right to Information) to the MoYS (Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports) to query about Mohun Bagan being honoured the much-debated title of the 'National Club'. To the delight of the East Bengal fans, the RTI replied negative and asserted that no club in India has been honoured with the 'National Club' title.

East Bengal fans now taunt their rivals for trying to bend the truth which unleashes heated debates both on social media and in the actual world.

Mohun Bagan recently failed the AIFF Club Licensing test and troll pages took to the internet and mocked their fans reminding them that a club which call itself the national club of India aren't even able to pass the license test.

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